Bas C. Van Fraassen: Laws and Symmetry

Cover: 9780198248606 | Laws and Symmetry | Bas C. Van Fraassen | Taschenbuch | Englisch

Rückseite: 9780198248606 | Laws and Symmetry | Bas C. Van Fraassen | Taschenbuch | Englisch

Dekorationsartikel gehören nicht zum Leistungsumfang.

Sprache: Englisch

85,60 €

inkl. MwSt.

Versandkostenfrei per Post / DHL

Lieferzeit 1-2 Wochen

Kategorien:

Beschreibung

Metaphysicians speak of laws of nature in terms of necessity and universality; scientists, in terms of symmetry and invariance. In this book van Fraassen argues that no metaphysical account of laws can succeed. He analyzes and rejects the arguments that there are laws of nature, or that we must believe there are, and argues that we should disregard the idea of law as an adequate clue to science. After exploring what this means for general epistemology, the author develops the empiricist view of science as a construction of models to represent the phenomena.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Part I: Are there laws of nature?; What are the laws of nature?; Ideal science: David Lewis's account of laws; Necessity, worlds, and chance; Universals: Laws grounded in nature; Part II: Belief as rational but lawless: Inference to the best explanation: Salvation by Laws?; Towards a new epistemology; What if there are no laws? A manifesto; Part III: Symmetry as guide to theory: Introduction to the Semantic approach; Symmetry arguments in science and metaphysics; Symmetries guiding modern science; Part IV: Symmetry and the illusion of logical probability: Indifference: The symmetries of probability; Symmetries of probability kinematics; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	1989
Genre:	Importe , Technik allg.
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780198248606
ISBN-10:	0198248601
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Fraassen, Bas C. Van
Hersteller:	OUP Oxford
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	216 x 140 x 25 mm
Von/Mit:	Bas C. Van Fraassen
Erscheinungsdatum:	02.11.1989
Gewicht:	0,579 kg